Does the GOP Assault on Newt have a Precedent?

January 26, 2012

No, not even close. It’s like the Battle of Berlin in 1945. They’re coming from all directions. There’s a seemingly endless supply of them, and they’re not going to stop before he’s a smoldering piece of rubble.

It’s amazing how many enemies Gingrich has made over the years.

“We’ve got the audio. I don’t have it ready to play yet. It’s back in the stack somewhere. I’ll find it eventually, but he did say all this stuff. I just didn’t know it. That’s what has me stunned. My memory of Newt Gingrich is as a premiere defender of Ronald Reagan. So this stuff caught me totally by surprise. And all these people — Elliott Abrams, Bob Tyrrell, Dr. Krauthammer — have impeccable credentials. And then there’s this. This is a post at The Corner, National Review Online. “Operation Chaos in Reverse.” It’s actually a front page Washington Post story. “Liberal Groups Join in Florida Ad War Against Romney — Newt Gingrich isn’t the only one trying to beat Romney in Florida.

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Limbaugh has a meandering monologue about it. He says it doesn’t match his memory, but now that he sees the evidence he believes the negative things to be true.